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Frontispiece-Title to The Works of St. Bernard (St. Bernard Praying)

Claude Mellan (French, 1598–1688)
After: Jacques Stella (French, 1596–1657)
1640

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 37.1 × 24.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 36.1 × 23.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM17859
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 317, i/ii; Le Blanc 51, i/ii; Montaiglon 300
Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Croft Bequest (Lugt 469)
ProvenanceThe Gardner Brewer Collection; Mrs. Arthur Croft (Caroline A. Brewer)(died 1898); her bequest to the MFA January 1, 1902